References in product information to app_server_root, profile_root,
and other directories imply specific default directory locations.
This topic describes the conventions in use for WebSphere® Application
Server.
Default product locations - z/OS
- app_server_root
- Refers to the top directory for a WebSphere Application Server node.
The node
may be of any type—application server, deployment manager, or unmanaged
for example. Each node has its own app_server_root.
Corresponding product variables are was.install.root and WAS_HOME.
The
default varies based on node type. Common defaults are configuration_root/AppServer and configuration_root/DeploymentManager.
- configuration_root
- Refers to the mount point for the configuration file system (formerly,
the configuration HFS) in WebSphere Application Server
for z/OS®.
The configuration_root contains
the various app_server_root directories and certain
symbolic links associated with them. Each different node type under
the configuration_root requires its own cataloged
procedures under z/OS.
The default is /wasv8config/cell_name/node_name.
- plug-ins_root
- Refers to the installation root directory for Web Server Plug-ins.
- profile_root
- Refers to the home directory for a particular instantiated WebSphere Application Server profile.
Corresponding
product variables are server.root and user.install.root.
In
general, this is the same as app_server_root/profiles/profile_name.
On z/OS, this will always be app_server_root/profiles/default because
only the profile name "default" is used in WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.
- smpe_root
- Refers to the root directory for product code installed with SMP/E
or IBM Installation Manager.
The corresponding product variable
is smpe.install.root.
The default is /usr/lpp/zWebSphere/V8R0.
Default product locations - IBM i
These file
paths are default locations. You can install the product and other
components in any directory where you have write access. You can create
profiles in any valid directory where you have write access. Multiple
installations of
WebSphere Application Server products
or components require multiple locations.
- app_client_root
- The default installation root directory for the Application Client
for IBM WebSphere Application Server is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client directory.
- app_client_user_data_root
- The default Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server
user data root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client directory.
- app_client_profile_root
- The default Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server
profile root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppClient/V8/client/profiles/profile_name directory.
- app_server_root
- The default installation root directory for WebSphere Application
Server Network
Deployment is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V8/ND directory.
- java_home
-
Table 1. Root directories for supported Java Virtual
Machines. This table shows the root directories for
all supported Java Virtual Machines (JVMs).
JVM |
Directory |
32–bit IBM Technology for Java |
/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk60/32bit |
64–bit IBM Technology for Java |
/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk60/64bit |
- plugins_profile_root
- The default Web Server Plug-ins profile root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V8/webserver/profiles/profile_name directory.
- plugins_root
- The default installation root directory for Web Server Plug-ins
is the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/Plugins/V8/webserver directory.
- plugins_user_data_root
- The default Web Server Plug-ins user data root is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/Plugins/V8/webserver directory.
- product_library
- product_lib
- This is the product library for the installed product. The product
library for each Version 8.0 installation on the system contains
the program and service program objects (similar to .exe, .dll, .so objects)
for the installed product. The product library name is QWAS8x (where x is
A, B, C, and so on). The product library for the first WebSphere Application
Server Version 8.0 product installed on the system is QWAS8A.
The app_server_root/properties/product.properties file
contains the value for the product library of the installation, was.install.library,
and is located under the app_server_root directory.
- profile_root
- The default directory for a profile named profile_name for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is
the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V8/ND/profiles/profile_name directory.
- shared_product_library
- The shared product library, which contains all of the objects
shared by all installations on the system, is QWAS8.
This library contains objects such as the product definition, the
subsystem description, the job description, and the job queue.
- user_data_root
- The default user data directory for WebSphere Application
Server Network
Deployment is the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V8/ND directory.
- The profiles and profileRegistry subdirectories
are created under this directory when you install the product.
- web_server_root
- The default web server path is /www/web_server_name.
Default product locations (distributed)
The
following file paths are default locations. You can install the product
and other components or create profiles in any directory where you
have write access. Multiple installations of WebSphere Application
Server Network
Deployment products or components require multiple locations.
Default values for installation actions by root and nonroot users
are given. If no nonroot values are specified, then the default directory
values are applicable to both root and nonroot users.
- app_client_root
-
Table 2. Default installation root directories
for the Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server. This table shows the default installation root directories
for the Application Client for IBM WebSphere Application Server.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (Java EE Application client only)
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (Java EE Application client only)
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppClient
|
Nonroot |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppClient (Java EE Application client only)
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppClient
|
- app_server_root
-
Table 3. Default installation directories for WebSphere Application Server. This
table shows the default installation directories for WebSphere Application
Server Network
Deployment.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
|
Nonroot |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
user_home\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
|
- component_root
- The component installation root directory is any installation
root directory described in this topic. Some programs are for use
across multiple components—in particular, the Web Server Plug-ins,
the Application Client, and the IBM HTTP
Server. All of these components are part of the product package.
- gskit_root
- IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) can now be installed
by any user. GSKit is installed locally inside the installing product's
directory structure and is no longer installed in a global location
on the target system. The following list shows the default installation
root directory for Version 8 of the GSKit, where product_root is
the root directory of the product that is installing GSKit, for example IBM HTTP
Server or the web server plug-in.
product_root/gsk8
product_root\gsk8
- profile_root
-
Table 4. Default profile
directories. This table shows the default directories
for a profile named profile_name on each distributed
operating system.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name
|
Nonroot |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles
user_home\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles
|
- plugins_root
-
Table 5. Default installation
root directories for the Web Server Plug-ins. This
table shows the default installation root directories for the Web
Server Plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins
|
Nonroot |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins
C:\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins
|
- wct_root
Table 6. Default installation
root directories for the WebSphere Customization Toolbox. This
table shows the default installation root directories for the WebSphere
Customization Toolbox.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/WebSphere/Toolbox
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/Toolbox
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Toolbox
|
Nonroot |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/Toolbox
C:\IBM\WebSphere\Toolbox
|
- web_server_root
Table 7. Default installation root directories
for the IBM HTTP Server. This table shows
the default installation root directories for the IBM HTTP
Server.
User |
Directory |
Root |
/usr/IBM/HTTPServer
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer
C:\Program Files\IBM\HTTPServer
|
Nonroot |
user_home/IBM/HTTPServer
C:\IBM\HTTPServer
|